Wy'east Falls (also Wyeast Falls or Wy East Falls) is a

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

on a small tributary of Eagle Creek in

Hood River County Hood River County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,977. The county seat is Hood River. The county was established in 1908 and is named for the Hood River, a tributary of th ...

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, U.S. The waterfall is formed by Wy'East Creek, a spring-fed stream that plunges over the Eagle Creek basalt formation. The creek cuts through a narrow and steep ravine and spills off a basalt ledge, plunging in a thin sheet about wide, into a shallow, gravelly pool. The creek then flows for about before emptying into Eagle Creek shortly downstream of Tunnel Falls.

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The waterfall was named Wy'east after the nearby campsite, which in turn takes its name from the local indigenous name for the nearby volcano

Mount Hood Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...

.http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/waterfall.php?st=OR&num=1953 Wy'east Falls at Waterfalls Northwest

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Waterfalls of Hood River County, Oregon Waterfalls of Oregon Mount Hood National Forest {{HoodRiverCountyOR-geo-stub

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